Ammunition handling- and loading system for major caliber guns



March 3, 1964 0.1-. JOHNSON ETAL 3,122,967

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1. AN AMMUNITION HANDLING SYSTEM FOR AN ORDNANCE WEAPON, COMPRISING INCOMBINATION, A GUN MOUNT SUPPORTING THE WEAPON, MEANS FOR SUPPLYINGROUNDS OF AMMUNITION TO SAID WEAPON INCLUDING A FIRST HOIST HAVING ASTATIONARY CASING WITH A PASSAGE THEREIN THROUGH WHICH ROUNDS OFAMMUNITION ARE TRANSPORTED BY SAID HOIST, A LATERALLY ROTATABLE CARRIERABOVE SAID FIRST HOIST HAVING A CHAMBER FOR RECEIVING A ROUND OFAMMUNITION LATERALLY FROM SAID FIRST HOIST, A SECOND HOIST ADJACENT SAIDCARRIER HAVING A PASSAGE FOR LATERALLY RECEIVING A ROUND OF AMMUNITION,SAID SECOND HOIST BEING ROTATABLE TO DIFFERENT POSITIONS, MEANS FORSELECTIVELY MOVING SAID CARRIER TO BRING SAID CHAMBER INTO SUBSTANTIALLYRADIAL ALIGNMENT WITH EITHER OF SAID PASSAGES.